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Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Washington to stop funding Iraqi whose misleading WMD claims hastened war By Andrew Buncombe in Washington   WASHINGTON (The Independent) – May 18, 2004   Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye He'll never love you, the way that I love you 'Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn't make you cry He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (my love, my love) So dog-gone willin' So kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him. Wanna see you kiss him) Go on and kiss him goodbye, now Na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye Listen to me now He's never near you to comfort and cheer you When all those sad tears are fallin' baby from your eyes He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (my love, my love) So dog-gone willin' So kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him. I wanna see you kiss him) Go on and kiss him goodbye, na-na na-na-na na na Na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye [fade in] Hey hey-ey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye [repeat many times and fade out]   9:04:27 PM    comment []

lunes, 29 de marzo de 2004     I'm not sure what I will publish here 8:44:37 PM     comment [ 0]       I'm starting today ;) 8:37:47 PM     comment [ 0]   Thus began Elfito’s Radio Weblog, on lunes, 29 de marzo de 2004. I’m not sure what he’s posting there, but I suspect it is links to porn. I can’t get any links to work on the recent posts, so I’m not even sure of that. Whatever it is, it generates enough hits to be a Top 5 blog most days – over 2,100 hits today alone!   Young bloggers, pay attention, especially if you are wallowing in obscurity. Copy Elfito’s broken links and post them as your own. Soon hit riches beyond your wildest dreams of avarice will be swarming at your feet like starving pigeons in the park. 8:31:15 PM    comment []

Cooking Again   Nothing beats the ol’ molcajete for grinding up seeds, nothing. This is a mixture of coriander, cumin, and celery seeds being prepped for an improvised chili sauce. Yesterday at the store, I loaded up a plastic bag with a variety of dried chili peppers, handfuls of all they had, for $2.99 a pound. Inspired by the David Rosengarten Texas chili recipe, I removed the stems and chopped them up. He recommends steeping them in hot water, saying that water too hot will make them bitter. He’s probably right, but I want a sauce, so I simmered them all afternoon and then processed them in the Cuisinart after the whole mess was cool enough. It’s simmering again now. I added a couple of tablespoons of jarred chopped garlic, three small chopped onions, and a couple tablespoons of the ground seed mixture. There is no salt in this off-the-cuff sauce. When it’s nice and thick, I’ll process again to puree it, then adjust the seasonings – maybe paprika, maybe more garlic, who knows? 6:40:26 PM    comment []

This landmark in Maumee, OH, just south of Toledo, had re-opened a few days before I snapped this shot. It is the Maumee Indoor Theater, originally built in 1946 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1998. The grand re-opening on May 10 featured Cheaper By The Dozen, starring Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. 6:23:39 PM    comment []

Thanks to Mark Preston for providing the link to this site with the charming name of “freethemeat.org.” You won’t learn a lot about this newfangled appliance there, but you can sign up for mailings. You might deduce, as I have, that it is a vacuum tumbler for curing/marinating meats. Vacuum tumbling has been used for years in the commercial curing of hams, but this is only the second device I’ve seen that is intended for home use. The other is this one from Doug Care Equipment which costs close to $700 and is limited to a payload of 5-8 pounds – too small for a ham, in other words. We’ll probably have to wait and see what the price and capacity of the Reveo MariMac is, but I suspect we’ll have to wait even longer to get this piece of equipment. 5:37:42 PM    comment []